Erich Sander. August Sander's unbending son, an exhibition in his memory until 31 January, 2016 at Cologne´s NS Documentation Center
For almost ten years, Erich Sander, the son of world-famous photographer August Sander from Cologne, served time in Siegburg Penitentiary after he was sentenced to a prison sentence of ten years for preparing high treason (resistance to the Nazi regime) in 1935. On March 23, 1944, Erich Sander died in prison. As a prison photographer, Erich Sander documented the situation of political prisoners in the Siegburg Penitentiary and smuggled letters and photographs out of the prison.
Visitors are given a comprehensive look at Erich Sander and his family's touching life in five areas of the exhibition. About 50 photographs by August Sander, some of which have never be shown in exhibitions, document Erich's childhood and youth as well as his familiar and artistic-political environment. Some of the nearly 40 photographs by Erich Sander reflect the influence his father had on his photographic work. The majority of photos extraordinarily document the living conditions of political prisoners during the Nazi Regime.
The photo exhibition is supplemented by documents and objects from the family house, such as never before published letters from Erich Sander or his death mask, which today are certainly a unique legacy. August Sander, born on 17 November, 1876 in Herdorf, in the district of Altenkirchen (formerly Rheinprovinz, today Rhineland-Palatinate), died on 20 April, 1964 in Cologne, 20 years after his son and 19 years after the war. Today, a 'Stolperstein', which translates to stumbling stone and is part of a project to commemorate victims of the Nazi Regime, reminds of Erich Sander in the Dürener Strasse 201, Cologne.
August Sanders unbending son. Erich Sander as a prisoner and prison photographer in Siegburg Penitentiary 1935-1944 – NS-Documentation Center until 31 January, 2016 . Appellhofplatz 23-25 .50667 Cologne
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